Paralegal Specialist

Paralegal Specialist

If selected, you will serve as a Paralegal Specialist in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office (USAO) for the Middle District of Georgia. You will be responsible for providing substantive legal support to Assistant United States Attorney's (AUSAs) in a variety of litigative activities related to immigration cases. At the full performance level, typical work assignments will include:

• Performing specialized legal research in support of civil cases;
• Reviewing and organizing complex factual material and other documentary data for investigations and trials;
• Drafting a variety of substantive legal documents to include initial legal and administrative briefs, motions, oppositions to defense motions, trial subpoenas, interrogatory requests, documentation relevant to acquiring evidence or testimony and correspondence for attorney review;
• Researching references such as agency manuals, directives, issuances, court reports, appellate records or commercial legal publications to locate appropriate data such as applicable precedents, legislative history and commentaries which bear on legal issues;
• Managing discovery and evidence in electronic and hard copy formats and presenting the exhibits using trial presentation software in court; and
• Preparing and organizing voluminous documentation and evidence for production as discovery and for use in trial.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.